On December 6th, 1991, Belarus and 14 other independent states emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Belarus hosted its first presidential election in 1994, where 39-year old Aleksandr Lukashenko won with 45.8% of the votes in the first round and 80.6% of the votes in the second round. The populist rose to fame…
The head of state also mentioned Maria Kolesnikova in response to Vladimir Soloviev's remark that the opposition and the West had forgotten about her, as they were mainly focusing on Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
A court in Belarus has sentenced a prominent anti-government activist to 11 years behind bars for allegedly encouraging mass unrest and threatening the security of the Eastern European nation.